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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Basketball

Texas needs more from its leading scorer

Christian Corona November 30, 2011

Back in January, the nation’s leading scorer strolled into the Frank Erwin Center from Connecticut. He handed Texas a heartbreaking one-point overtime loss and went on to lead the Huskies to their...

Brown takes a backseat as Longhorns get contributions from other players

Trey Scott November 30, 2011

With J’Covan Brown’s continuing offensive struggles, it looks like the Longhorns will have to learn to rely on other scoring threats. Tuesday’s 73-57 win over North Texas at the Frank...

Longhorns looking ahead to UNT

Sameer Bhuchar November 29, 2011

 After a close call against Sam Houston State on Saturday, the Longhorns are looking to return to the offensive form that helped them win their first two games of the season. To do that, junior guard...

Texas gets past Bearkats in ugly affair

Trey Scott November 28, 2011

It was ugly, and at times, it was boring. But it was a win, and with the way the Longhorns’ previous two games had gone, they’ll take it. Texas fell behind 16-4 to Sam Houston State (1-5)...

Texas loses first game in New Jersey, tries for redemption today against North Carolina State

Trey Scott November 21, 2011

Texas struggled a bit in its first road trip this season, falling to Oregon State 100-95 in overtime Saturday night. But with a team that counts six freshmen among its key players, that’s not too...

Texas travels to East coast for Legends Classic

Nick Cremona November 18, 2011

For the 10th season in a row, the Longhorns have started the season 2-0. After two convincing home wins, Texas now heads to East Rutherford, N.J., to compete in the championship rounds of the TicketCity...

‘Immaculate Deflection’ gives Longhorns boost

Trey Scott November 16, 2011

After he put together the finest performance of his career, J’Covan Brown was asked what, exactly, had worked for him so well. “Everything,” he said. Sums that up pretty good. And...

Texas streaks past Rhode Island

Sameer Bhuchar November 16, 2011

It came in bunches for Texas, but when it rained, it poured. And no, that isn’t a reference to the precipitation that fell yesterday in Austin. J’Covan Brown scored a career-high 35 points...

Young Texas team tries for win No. 2

Trey Scott November 15, 2011

Texas will try to get its second win of the young season in an afternoon showdown today against Rhode Island in the TicketCity Legends Classic. The game will tip-off at 3 p.m., part of a 24-hour...

Brown steps up as leader, finishes with 28 points

Sameer Bhuchar November 14, 2011

In the same play that Texas almost lost its leader, it found him. After sinking a three pointer in the waning minutes of the first half, junior guard J’Covan Brown fell to the floor and clutched...

Texas beats Boston in season opener

Trey Scott November 14, 2011

Big men? Who needs ‘em. In their season-opener, the Longhorns ran right past Boston 82-46 Sunday in the first round of the TicketCity Legends Classic, relying on strong perimeter play that more...

Freshmen will have to carry load until a leader emerges for Horns

Sameer Bhuchar November 11, 2011

The Texas men’s basketball team seems to go from one young team to another just about every season. The same holds true this year as Texas enters the 2011-2012 season with a corps of six freshmen...

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